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"Self pay was reported to be up 8% in the last update."

Agree with that. They got £10k for the hip from me recently!
It's a massively growing market.

Managed to not look at the SP all day. Now here's the spooky part: I had a very clear idea of what the trend would be from 1pm to 4:30pm even before looking. Isn't that amazing!

I would not worry too much about 167p. It will probably stay at these levels for a short while yet, then suddenly break £2.

It's the wrong question since cannot know the future. But with careful research we can get an idea of which scenario is most likely and to what degree it is most likely. Keep your emotions out if it and place your money where probability favours you.

LL. You need to bite the bullet and buy back those shares you sold recently. Time is running out. When you've reduced a holding it's very painful to watch the SP suddenly rocket away from you and realise you just missed out on the prize you've been seeking for years.

"There are a few that seem to flip flop whenever it suits them."

Very true. Easy to see who's sold a bit and hoping to buy back at a lower price. But keep doing that on a share that's trending upwards in the longer term and you are certain to lose. That's the mathematics of probability. Do not bet against it unless you like losing your money.

"Nervous private investors?"

Could be nothing more than the general market. Down a lot today.

"I reckon if you're going to trade SXX you need to look at it the other way round.

Buy shares and set a target sell price."

Under the hypothesis that SXX is increasing in the long term, then this is the logical way to trade. If you believe the hypothesis that SXX is increasing long term, and most here do, but cannot see why trading the other way round is batting against the mathematics of probability then you really need to get out of shares and do something else with your money.

"me thinks some posters have swapped out for a little while hoping for a dip"

Agree with that. Rarely wise to sell on a small dip with relatively low volume.

"I still find it quite difficult to understand how a flat trading day of less than 5 mil shares can knock the price back by a further 1%."

One of the best times to buy is when a stock is going down on low volume with no news.

"I've lost track of the number of final top ups i've made."

One does get very tempted on the dips!

Yes, the figures are high but definitely achievable. The market has not quite got its head around this project yet. Looking forward to the day when it finally wakes up.

"The 'uncertainty discount' will close."

Absolutely agree, the increasing number of people going private due to long NHS waiting lists is a certainty.

"I am not too worried as in the long term should pay off handsomely."

My philosophy too. Topped up 68k shares at 38p recently raising my average to just under 31p, reasoning that £1 or even £2 is a lot more than 38p. One can worry too much about the odd penny here or there, but it's the quality of the underlying investment that really counts.

"An increase of 0.21% on their holding."

That's the figure for their percentage increase in the total voting rights.

The percentage increase in their holding was 5.3%.

"Good day to buy."

And it's been a bad day to sell recently.
Generally, the are more positives that come out over the weekend.

Norges bank have increased their stake. I have decided - this is the bottom! Buying.

"I just cant see the City keeping 160p as a low giving the BOD an instant profit."

Not much difference, but they need more like 161p just to break even given the stamp duty and dealing costs.

Don't think the market cares one way or another whether they make a profit, everyone's too busy trying to make a profit themselves.

Anyway, keeping an eye on it and still two hours to decide if we've reached the bottom!

"I have noticed the share price dropping a lot."

You've got the chart oriented incorrectly. Rotate it anticlockwise 90 degrees.

There will be no rights issue. The three director buys yesterday are confirmation enough.